Headquarters

Nine Times Blue

(Michael Nesmith)

Lead Vocals: Michael Nesmith

Recorded At: RCA Victor Studio C, Hollywood

Date: early 1967

This song was recorded many times before finally being released on one of Mike's First National Band albums. This, however, is the first known recorded version of the song, which he says was written pre-Monkees.

On CD:
Headquarters (1995), Rhino Records R2 71792
Headquarters Sessions (2000), Rhino Handmade RHM2 7715

Lyrics:

"Only differance between me and Peter is that I'm just stoned legal."

There's a certain something in the way

You looked at me and said you'd stay

That let me know that I was out of line

But I didn't know what else to do

And like a fool I tested you,

By demanding things of you which weren't mine

And now I feel like such a fool

For making you crawl back to me

But you did it with such love

That you're standing far above

Me and all I did to you

I'm sorry now, what can I do?

I know that never in the world

That I have found me such a girl

Who's there to pick me up before I fall

And if in the end we should go

Both our separte ways I know

The lesson I've learned here is worth it all.

'Cause now I feel like such a fool